Dining Awards

Eli Larson Hays/SLC Eatery: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Each year, we ask a selection of Utah's best bartenders to use local spirits and local ingredients and hit us with their best shot (or shots). So last Sept. 12, bartenders bravely...

Michaela Dransfield/Undercurrent: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The star ingredient of Sex Dreams, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Undercurrent, is Angostura.

Adam “Scoop” Kaessner/Water Witch: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The star ingredient of Seething Song, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Water Witch, is gardenia syrup.

Joel Aoyagi/Stoneground: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The Malouf, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Stoneground, was created in honor of Salt Lake's late editor Mary Malouf.

Maddy Schmidt/Alibi: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Dead Man's Party, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Alibi, is inspired by the flavor of pineapple upside down cake.

Jacob Sanders/Post Office Place: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

A Good Sarsaparilla, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Post Office Place, evokes curling up to watch a scary movie in the fall.

Michael Montoya/Beehive Distilling: 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

Remedial Rose, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Beehive Distilling, follows seasonal change using rose and plum.

Esther Nemethy/Bambara (The Vault): 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest

The star ingredient of London Foggy, the 2021 Salt Lake Magazine Cocktail Contest entry from Bambara, is falernum.